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Craft Tutorials | Crafts for Kids | Easy Crafts for Kids | Mosaic Photo Valentines

Mosaic Photo Valentines

Author by Amanda Davis on February 7, 2012 Updated on July 6, 2017

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Fun valentine greetings and gifts made from your children’s photos! And the best part is you can adjust one craft that’s fitting for a preschooler all the way up to a teen friendly craft. Make a mosaic photo card, a mosaic photo gift bag and even a framed mosaic photo, all using the same concept.

Growing a craft from preschool to teenagers, this was the topic today during my monthly video craft show at TheMotherhood. Each month I’ll host a live video demonstration focusing on craft ideas for your kids. Watch for announcements on Facebook as well as Twitter for upcoming shows. You can also get announcements from AmandaFormaro.com. Hope to “see” you at the next one as I chat with viewers live after the show. Watch today’s show below:

To make these cute Valentine projects you’ll want to start with photos that you print from your computer. You can certainly use real photos if you like, but I would suggest saving those for your frames, scrapbooks and photo albums.

Mosaic Photo ValentinesSimply print the photos on regular copy paper using color ink if you have it. We are not decoupaging, but if we were, you would want to spray your printouts with sealer first so the decoupage doesn’t bleed the printer ink. But we’re not, so just store that tip in your brain and let’s move on. :)

A little disclaimer. The two photos of the younger kids are from a stock photography site. My kids aren’t that young anymore. The one of the teenagers is my 18 year old daughter and her boyfriend.

Mosaic Photo ValentinesFor preschoolers keep it simple. Choose a piece of construction paper and fold it in half to create a card. Cut or tear the picture into pieces, use less pieces for younger children (2-3 yrs) and a little smaller for older preschoolers and pre-K (4-5 yrs).

Mosaic Photo ValentinesUse crayons or a marker to add a few hearts to the front of the card.

Mosaic Photo ValentinesFor school aged kids, bump it up a bit and make the photo pieces smaller and decorate your surface a bit more. This gift bag has a construction paper handle which is taped to the inside of the bag.

Mosaic Photo ValentinesUse markers or crayons to draw and color a heart to the front and write a saying with marker. We write “You have a piece of my heart!”

Mosaic Photo ValentinesFor teenagers you’ll want this project to be a bit more sophisticated. Teens like using colorful papers and more “adult” embellishments, like the button and twine I used here. This naked frame is available at most places that sell craft supplies and generally cost around a dollar. Take the cardboard insert out, cover it with glue stick and put your patterned paper on it and trim.

Mosaic Photo ValentinesPut the insert back in and attach the cut photo pieces. Run some twine through a large button and then through a smaller button. Tie the twine and hot glue it to the frame.

If you would like more tips on “growing a craft” and adapting projects to grow with your kids, read my article “Crafting with Kids: From Preschool to Teenagers” on my other blog, Fun Family Crafts.

Mosaic Photo Valentines

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Filed Under: Easy Crafts for Kids, Other Kid's Crafts, Photo Display Ideas, Valentine's Day Crafts Tagged With: adult, adult craft ideas, adult crafts, adults, crafts for adults, frames, holidays, kid's crafts, paper crafts, photos, valentine's day

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  1. Amanda L Grossman says

    February 17, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    Cute idea!!

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  2. Kristen S- Craft Gossip says

    February 10, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Love this Amanda! Watched the video, feel like I know you now, ha ha:) Posted this awesome ‘Growing’ craft on Craft Gossip!

    Kids Craft – Mosaic Photo Valentines

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  3. Terri says

    February 8, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    I love this! What a cute idea!

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  4. Kristi says

    February 8, 2012 at 2:06 am

    This is so super cute! I love it with the “piece of my heart” saying…that’s PERFECT! Would be delighted for you to link up with us at Mop It Up Mondays (going on through Friday): http://www.ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com/2012/02/mop-it-up-mondays-party-2.html

    {HUGS},
    kristi

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  5. Dawn @ Designed by Dawn Nicole says

    February 8, 2012 at 1:00 am

    What a cute, simple idea! I love the one with the plaid background!

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